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Jacob Simmons

A 20-year-old kid from England living out his dreams of being a wrestler vicariously through article writing. A true wrestling nerd in every capacity, from Sammartino to Styles, Bob Backlund to The Briscoes, if you need to know anything about wrestling, I'm your man... well, more like boy, but you get the picture.

Articles by Jacob Simmons

Wrestling themes are great. There is nothing better than hearing the opening chords to your favourite wrestler’s music, whether it be on TV or in person, as it inspires great emotions and memories ins...

Developmental, WWE’s own little talent farm, scooping up the best and brightest of the indie scene and turning them into megastars. Well, that’s what they’d like you to believe. WWE’s developmental sy...

Ever wondered how the great wrestlers of history got to the top of the mountain? Well, it’s usually because they’re over six-foot six, 280lbs and look like they were carved by Zeus himself, but how th...

Wrestling is about exposure. If you don’t get put in high profile matches, then no one remembers you. Don’t believe me? Ask Bam Neely. Don’t know who that is? Exactly. It can be argued that there can ...

Wrestling is a business built on good guys and bad guys. Would the fans appreciate a good hero if they didn’t have a great villain to face? Or would a great villain shine through without a hero to con...

Boy, for a belt that was meant to be for the fans, the WWE Universe sure does hate the WWE Universal Championship, and they have every right to. Its lazy, repetitive design is an insult to the fans, f...

Wrestling is fake. That is the first thing that any non-wrestling fan will tell you upon hearing you like wrestling. Whilst this is an incredibly arrogant thing to say (wrestling is as real and danger...

Championships in wrestling are an interesting concept. In a predetermined sport like wrestling, does it really make that much difference how many championships a wrestler wins? However, surely if a wr...

A year can be defined as 365 and a quarter days or one full rotation of the Earth around the sun. That’s roughly 52 episodes of Monday Night Raw, about 12 WWE Pay-Per-Views and approximately 15 Big Sh...

Wrestling: it’s two guys (or girls) running around a squared-circle, punching, kicking and generally beating the bejeesus out of one another, all whilst a paying audience of rampant fans watches and e...

WWE is renowned for being the best wrestling promotion in the world. Ok, well, maybe not everyone thinks that. Fine, WWE is renowned for being at the forefront of wrestling innovation. No, that’s goin...

SummerSlam. It’s the biggest party of the summer, and, if you work for WWE, apparently no party is complete without suplexes, flaming tables and, of course, Byron Saxton. Since 1988, SummerSlam has be...

The world championship. The crown jewel of any wrestling organisation, the most coveted title a wrestler can ever hope to win and the centrepiece of some of the greatest feuds, rivalries and storyline...

In wrestling, there is perhaps no more important tool in building a mega star than a good finishing move. The best ones are iconic - the Stone Cold Stunner, the RKO, Sweet Chin Music to name a few - a...